Understanding Microbially Active Biogeochemical Environments

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2007, Pages 81-104

  Gleeson, Deirdre ^a   McDermott, Frank ^b   Clipson, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; MESSENGER RNA; METAL; MINERAL; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; SILICATE; SULFUR; URANIUM;

ASTRONOMY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; LIFE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROFLORA; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOGENESIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; PHYLOGENY; SILICATES;

EID: 34548595481     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2164(07)62004-8     Document Type: Review

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